The Obsessive Villain’s Plan Backfires in the Merfolk Novel

Lu Yunwan never imagined that a single night spent reading a novel would completely change his fate.
Just a moment ago, he was reading a story about a betrayed prince who, after years of torture, awakened the powerful, sea-born blood within him, returned to reclaim the throne and exact his revenge, and ultimately united the entire empire. Now, however… he found himself in that story.
Not as the hero.
But as his greatest enemy.
Incarnated in the body of the regent—the man who has already seized power, imprisoned the rightful heir to the throne, and condemned him to suffering—Lu Yunwan knows exactly how this story ends. And he knows one thing for certain: his fate is sealed.
Death.
To avoid it, he makes a desperate decision.
Instead of fighting—he begins to play a game.
He feigns madness. He feigns obsession. He feigns love.
In the dark dungeons, leaning over the wounded and hate-filled prince, he whispers words meant to be nothing more than a mask:

“Now you have only me.”

If you cannot love me… hate me forever.
Hide beneath my wings, and I will give you the entire empire. Even my own life.
The plan is simple: purge the rotting state, return power to the rightful ruler… and die before the truth comes to light.
And everything goes according to plan.
Until the moment, in the cold depths of the ocean, amid silence and death, someone embraces his body.
A silver-haired man with a sea-like nature presses him close and, with a tenderness that shouldn’t exist, whispers:

“Now you have only me.”

Lu Yunwan suddenly realizes something terrifying.
He was only pretending.
But did the other one… ever pretend?
In a world where instincts are stronger than reason, and obsession can survive even death, the line between game and reality begins to blur.
And perhaps… there is no escape from it anymore.